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[Rider of Rohan]

Hey Guys, I've been playing around with things again in BFME and came across the Melee Dust feature for fights. For those who do not know of the Melee Dust and/or doesn't know what it does the video below can show you. Note the dust that remained after the units died i have fixed that bug (old vid) also in the pic the soldiers are blue because i selected them

So my question is would you guys like to see it in the mod as it is, or should i try some adjustments on it (the thickness for example), or don't use it at all ? Thank You for your opinions .

Edited by Rider of Rohan, 19 December 2012 - 11:42 PM.

[Mathijs]

I think it looks great. The thickness could be tweaked, indeed.

[Lauri]

I agree with Mathijs, but how will you handle this in maps where dust isn't really looking good? I can imagne snow maps looking odd, along with really green and bright terrain..

[Dreamwalker]

Looking pretty nice, but maybe a tad less dust? And what Lauri said.

[Rider of Rohan]

Hmmm... First i want to make the dust fainter and a bit brighter and then after that i could try and perhaps via map.ini or str i could change the color of the dust to a suitable color for a certain map i doubt once i make it fainter it would be much of a problem for some snowy places and for places like fangorn perhaps i'll try a bit of leaf rustling in the dust (might look cool)

[Ridder Geel]

Map.ini changes will suffice for changing (or removing) the FX indeed
I like it, but like the rest say a bit less thick would be better.

[Irenë Hawnetyne]

Is there really any point in me saying it as well?
Anyway, good idea, though as a suggestion, you could possibly give different maps different colours, not just enable/disable per odd map. Such as, for this, maybe a browner colour, for deserts yellow, you get the idea.

[Rider of Rohan]

As I mentioned earlier If needed I'd edit the map ini for certian maps and make the particle match the setting e.g. on Fangorn I hope to make leaves rustle along with a faint greenish dust and likee Minas Tirith i'd make it brighter

[Rider of Rohan]

On a lesser note how does the new Gondor Soldier Pic Look in game ?
Everytime i tried to crop and save it kept crashing so i just left it I have alot more Ups in store for you when you play the mod

[Rider of Rohan]

If you guys can help me out a bit i kind of don't understand how to adjust the thickness of the Dust so i kinda need some help here is the code :

FXParticleSystem MeleeDust
System
Priority = ALWAYS_RENDER
Shader = ALPHA
ParticleName = EXCloud01.tga
Lifetime = 90 90
Size = 15 30
BurstDelay = 0 5
BurstCount = 0 2
End
Color = DefaultColor
Color1 = R:206 G:169 B:149 0
End
Alpha = DefaultAlpha
Alpha2 = 0.2 0.2 20
Alpha3 = 0 0 90
End
Update = DefaultUpdate
SizeRate = 1 1
SizeRateDamping = 0.95 0.99
AngleZ = -0.5 0.5
AngularRateZ = -0.1 0.1
AngularDamping = 0.98 0.98
AngularDampingXY = 1 1
End
Physics = DefaultPhysics
VelocityDamping = 1 1
End
EmissionVelocity = OrthoEmissionVelocity
X = -0.24 0.24
Y = -0.24 0.24
Z = 0.16 0.16
End
EmissionVolume = LineEmissionVolume
IsHollow = Yes
StartPoint = X:0 Y:0 Z:8
EndPoint = X:0 Y:0 Z:10
End
Draw = DefaultDraw
End
End

I tried adjusting the BurstDelay, BurstCount and Alphas but it made the effect disappear :/

Edited by Rider of Rohan, 21 December 2012 - 12:20 AM.

[Irenë Hawnetyne]

Not sure bout that portrait. To suit EA's, they usually have to have a stronger layer over the parchment, and often have outlines (which can be achieved via Find Edges filter)

[Ridder Geel]

Alpha = DefaultAlpha
Alpha2 = 0.2 0.2 20
Alpha3 = 0 0 90
End

Try changing Alpha2 to 0.1 0.1 20
That should make it less visible

[Bofur]

And BurstCount should have something to do with it, I guess?

[Rider of Rohan]

Thanks for the help guys this was the final product :

[Ridder Geel]

Well burstcount defines the amount of particles that are spawned after each delay, this could be altered but changing the alpha will guarantee the same effect but lighter/more transparent, changing the amount of particles that are spawned might cause the entire FX to not be visible due to the lack of a decent amount of particles. Both could be altered, but in this case the "safer" approach was editing the Alpha
A lower burstcount means the chance that 0 are spawned in THIS FX is bigger, so here I don't think that would have been the best solution

@ the movie - Looks good